Coat stretching or tensioning device.



P. LUNGSTRAS.

COAT SIRE-{CHINE 0R TENSIONING DEVICE. APPLICATION F ll ED ocr. 1. 19171 Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

raarnnrr PAUL LUNGSTBAS, OFST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNGR T LUNGSTRAS DYEING & CLEANINGCOMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI, A. CORPORATION 0F MISSOURI.

COAT STRETCHING 0R TENSIONING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented l elom 5, twin.

Application filed October 1, 191?. Serial No. 194L207.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL LUnes'rRAs, a citizen of the United States of America, siding in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Goat Stretching or 'lensioning- Device, of which the following is a specification. 7.

This invention relates primarily to devices for pressing and shaping washable coats such as those worn bysoldiers, barbers and dentists, and has for its object the provision of simple and effective means whereby the ure 1 depicts a coat of the character described as the same appears while being pressed by aid of my invention, and Fig. 2 1s a cross-sectlon taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the manner in which the front edges of the coat are retained by the tubular stretching devices hereinafter mentioned and the manner of connecting said devices.

In the practice of this invention, it provide a form 1 preferably hollow and made of compressed paper, papier-mach or the like which corresponds in shape with the trunk of the human body, excepting that its front is bulged outward from top to bot tom so as to render it impossible to completely close the front of the garment which is to be placed thereon. The coat having been washed and starched, it is smoothly fitted upon one of such forms (of proper size) and its front edges are then inserted within metal tubes 2 and 8 through slot 4 extending the entire length thereof. Said slot being very narrow, this operation is best performed by commencing the insertion at the bottom of the garment at point 5 and running the tube upward to the collar 6, it being observed by reference to Fig. 2 that the part thus inserted is the thickened seam or hem 7 which is formed in the manufacture of all coats. Thereafter, rods 8 and 9 are projected within said tubes forward of said seam so as to force the latter against the wall of the tube and thus prevent any possibility of its being pulled through slot 4; by contraction of the coat while drying, and linally the coat is stretched taut upon said form by drawing said tubes together (to the extent; illustrated) through the agency of a stout lacing 10 which is engaged with a plurality of small hooks 11 soldered or otherwise secured upon said tubes as depicted in Fig. 2.

The coat thus positioned is preferably placed in a heated room or oven and as the air circulates freely through the interior of the hollow form 1 the drying is quickly accomplished, the garment then being ready for delivery, to the owner as soon as the sleeves have been pressed. 1

In view of the foregoing, it will'be appreciated that the pressing of coats by aid of this invention not only results in molding the garment to the form of the wearer and the elimination of all gloss or polish from the body portion, but that it also renders unnecessary the installation of expensive mechanical apparatus for ironing or the employment of persons skilled in the use of sadirons. i v i Having thus fully described the invention and pointed out its utility, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. A. coat stretching or tensioning device, comprising a form substantially correspond ing to the shape of a coat, a pair of tubes corresponding substantially in length with the height of said form and provided with a narrow longitudinal slot for the reception of the front edges of the coat, and means for drawing together said tubes after disposition thereof upon the coat, whereby the latter may be tensioned upon said form.

2. A. coat stretching or tensioning device, comprising a form substantially corresponding to the shape of a coat, a pair of tubes corresponding substantially in length with the height of said form and provided with a narrow longitudinal slot for the reception of the front edges of the coat, members projecting from said tubes, and means engaging said members for drawing together said tubes after disposition thereof upon the coat, whereby the latter may be tensioned upon said form.

3. A coat stretching or tensioning device, comprising a form substantially corresponding to the shape of a, coat, a pair of laclng connectino tubes corresponding substantially inlength with theheight of said form and provided with'an'arrow longitudinal slot for the re ception of the front edges ofthe coat, hooks proJecting from said tubes, and a cord or said hooks upon one of saidtubes with those upon the' other there 4.'-A' coat stretching or tensioning device,

of, whereby said tubes may bedrawn together so as to tension the coat upon said fo m-1 '2 comprising a form substantially correspending to the shape ofacoat, the front of said "form being bulged outward from: top to bottom along its median line, a pain oftubes corresponding substantially in 1 1 coat, whereby the latter may be tensioned Y upon said form.

" 'topto bottom along its medianline, a pair of tubes corresponding substantially inlength" with the height of said form and providedwith a narrow longitudinal slot forthe reception of the front edge's of the coat, members projecting from said tubes,

and -"me'a-n's engaging sald members for V drawing together sald tubes after disposi- Coples of this patent may be obtained'for tion thereof upon the coat, whereby the latter'may be tensioned upon said form.

"6. A coat stretching or tensioning device, comprising. a form substantially corresponding to the shape of a coat, the front of said form being bulged outward from top to bottom along its median line, a pair of tubes corresponding substantially in length with the height of said form and provided with a narrow longitudinal slot for the reception of the front edges of the ma t means for retannngsaid edges within said tubes, and means for drawing together said tubes after disposition thereof upon the coat, whereby the latter may be tensioned upon said form. v

7. A coat stretching or tensiomng device, comprising an form substantially corre- 'sponding to the shape of a coat, the front of said form being bulged outward from top to bottom along its median line, a pair .of tubes corresponding substantially in i wlengthwiththe height vof-said form and 5.:A coat stretching or=tensioning device,

25 comprising aform substantially corre- "sponding tothe shape of a coat, the front "off said form' being'b'ulged outward from coat, means for'retaining said edges within saidzitubes, memberspro ecting from said tubes, and means-engaging said members for draw-111g together sald tubes after disposition thereof upon; the coat, whereby the latter may be tensioned upon said form.

r l PAUL LUNGSTRAS.

VVitnesses :W.'I{EANE SMALL,

H. M. PRENDIVILLE.

fivecents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. G.

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